Reminder - ARCE-PA Annual Korsyn Lecture: March 20 - "North, West, and South from the Valley of the Kings: A Pilgrim's Journey
Lisa Swart
Dear friends of ARCE-PA,
The Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt proudly presents the Annual Korsyn Lecture:
"North, West, and South from the Valley of the Kings: A
Pilgrim’s Journey"
Dr. Eugene Cruze-Uribe, Northern Arizona University
Saturday, March 20th, 3:30 PM
Classroom 2, Penn Museum
"Based upon his field work at a number of sites around Egypt including the
Valley of the Kings, Kharga Oasis, and the Isis Temple at Philae Island
(Aswan), Dr Cruz-Uribe will develop a theme around the role of pilgrimage in
ancient Egypt especially during Roman and Byzantine times. His talk will
show some of the sites where pilgrimages took place in ancient times as well as
some of the practices which the ancient pilgrims performed. Using both
newly discovered and some well known Coptic and Demotic texts, he will compare
the pilgrimage practices of the traditional Egyptian and Nubian populations
with the practices of the contemporary Christians. Some of the issues he will
discuss are the pilgrimage routes in ancient Egypt, why the Egyptians went on
pilgrimages, how the Christians began to emulate “pagan” pilgrimage practices,
and the conflicts that arose between the groups over control of the pilgrimage
destination points."
Dr. Eugene Cruz-Uribe received his
BA, MA and PhD in Egyptology from the Oriental Institute at the University of
Chicago. His dissertation was a study of Demotic legal contracts from the
Saite and Persian periods in Egypt. He worked at the Seattle Art Museum
and the Metropolitan Museum of Art as a curator during the Treasures of Tutankhamun
exhibit during the later 1970s. He was an Assistant Professor in the
Egyptology Department at Brown University before he went to Northern Arizona
University where he held a number of administrative and teaching
positions. He is currently a Professor Emeritus in the Department of
History at NAU. He is the author of 6 books, over 60 articles and 40 book
reviews dealing with all periods of Egyptian history and culture with an
emphasis on Demotic language and the history and religion of the Late Period in
Egypt. He has conducted a number of field research projects in Egypt, working
mainly in Kharga Oasis in the western desert, but throughout the Nile Valley
including a three year project to record graffiti in the royal tombs in the
Valley of the Kings. His most recent field work project is the
recording of unpublished Demotic graffiti found at the temple of Isis at Philae
Island (Aswan).
For the last ten years he has been recording and translating ancient Egyptian
graffiti for what they reveal about personal piety, late period religious
practices and pilgrimage. He was the recipient of a Fulbright Research
Fellowship in 2007 to continue his studies in Egypt. In July 2008 he
became the editor of the Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, the
principal journal for Egyptology research in the U.S.
$5 general admission, $3 Penn Museum members/students, FREE to ARCE-PA members.
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Lisa Swart, PhD
Vice President, Pennsylvania Chapter
American Research Center in Egypt
3260 South Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 746-2071
www.arce-pa.org
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